Tom Strong (Book 5) [Hardcover]

Ed Brubaker (Author), Mark Schultz (Author), Brian K. Vaughan (Author), Steve Aylett (Author), Pascal Ferry (Illustrator), Shawn McManus (Illustrator), Peter Snejbjerg (Illustrator), Duncan Fegredo (Illustrator), Todd Klein (Calligrapher)

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In the late 1990s, acclaimed comics writer Alan Moore created "science hero" Tom Strong for his America's Best Comics line. Moore chronicled the adventures of Strong--a physical and mental paragon who defends Millennium City with the help of his wife, Dahlua, their spunky daughter, Tesla, and their talking ape companion, King Solomon--for five years before laying down scripting duties. As the stories collected here demonstrate, his successors have done him proud by deftly combining clever concepts and breezy fun. Schultz has Strong encounter extraterrestrial beings threatening to halt machine-powered flight on Earth, and Brian K. Vaughan focuses on Pneuman, Strong's robot manservant. But the standout story is by Ed Brubaker, who traps Strong in an alternate reality in which he's an ordinary schlemiel who only dreams that he's a superpowered hero. That story's artist, Duncan Fegredo, breaks away from the clean, modernistic approach of the series'original illustrator, Chris Sprouse, into a gritty, slightly messy style that effectively conveys the harsh reality in which Strong finds himself. Gordon Flagg
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Wildstorm (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401206247
• ISBN-13: 978-1401206246
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,868,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good But Missing Something, April 29, 2006

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Strong (Book 5) (Hardcover)

This latest collection of Millennium City's greatest hero may be fun but it is missing something that the previous collections had. Each of the five issues collected within contain only a single story each. While the stories do manage to be fine adventure comics on their own, they do not have the cleverness of the earlier stories. It may be because the name Alan Moore is missing from the cover. But whatever the reason, while it is good reading, it could be about any hero and comic world.

In this volume, Tom Strong must discover what is behind the sudden failure of flight. Then imaginary dimensions begin to plague the city. In the third Issue Pneuman must reconcile his role with a promise made long ago. Next Tom tackles an old foe's partner. Finally Tom must face the dull reality that is his real life. In the end the reader has been entertained but not to the degree as with the earlier adventures. I hope that this will not be a continuing trend with the series.